Magnicats
Description
A 2D platformer where the player uses movement and magnetic ability to attract or repel from magnets and pass through obstacles.
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Milestone 1
- Implemented basic player movement
- Implemented magnet mechanic
- Created simple levels that require using the magnet mechanic
- The cat now has 2 polarity modes - off/red
- Win and Lose conditions
Screenshots of levels
Color Palette
UI Mockups
Main menu
In-game overlay
In-game paused
Milestone 2 plan
- Change the name of the game
- Change mockup tileset to final one
- Add more levels
- Add UI
- Develop a camera movement mechanic
- Test a different approach to magnet physics (where magnet strength is an ellipsoid, not a circle)
- Test a mechanic where cat has 2 polarities that cannot be disabled, not off/red polarity
- Add basic animation to the cat
- Fix ground detection
Milestone 2
- Improved player movement and magnet mechanics
- Added consumable powerups (double jump, dash, shield)
- Added custom sprites
- Added 2 more levels (5 total) and a demo level (gameplay ~5min)
- Added basic UI
- Added sound effects
- Controller support
Level 1 with overlay
In-game pause menu
Start menu
Options menu
Milestone 3 plan
- UI improvements (consistent theme and font, win screen/start menu backgrounds)
- Add more levels (gameplay ~10min)
- Background sound track
Milestone 3
Tasks completed
- Added directional magnets and visual magnet effects
- Made powerups stackable, show available powerups in hud
- Added more levels + tutorial levels
- Added/improved sounds, added background sound track
- Updated sprites
- UI improvements
- Bugfixes and suggestions from peer review
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